Train Accommodation
Some time ago, at the instance of Cr. M. N. Chapman, the Shire Council wrote to the Railway Commissioners complaining of the frequent…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
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Soldier Settlers Petition for Road
At Wednesday's Shire meeting, another petition was made by residents of the Soldiers' Settlement at Blaxland, praying for a road to their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blackheath Council Perchase of Road Plant
Following a report, submitted some weeks age, by Engineer Todd, on the proposed purchase of a road piant for the Blackheath Municipality, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Young Girl Found Lying in the Railway Subway Peculiar Case
"She's under the influence of drink. All she needs is a stomach pump," a medical man is alleged to have said, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Debate "Is Motor Transport Detrimental to Katoomba?"
That motor transport exercises a detrimental effect on Katoomba and other Mountain towns will be affirmed by members of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycling Delaware Club Holds Hill Climbing Contest
Last week-end the Delaware Blue Mountain Motor Cycle Club held a hill climb test at Hartley. The weather was ideal, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under Mayor McBRIDE Better Spirit Prevails Road Hogs Condemned
The Katoomba Council hold us last meeting of the year on Tuesday, when Aid. B. A, McBride, the newly-elected Mayor, presided over a full…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales Government Railways Christmas and New Year Holidays Cheap Excursion Trains
In addition to the usual cheap excursion tickets issued at week-ends, vide pages 17 and 18 of the public time table book, cheap excursion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grasshopper Pest Motor Oar Hood Covered with Insects
Recently a telegram from New Zealand stated that a swarm of locusts in one of the agricultural districts had stripped a five acre patch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Notes and Comments Motor Inspections
One of the matters discussed at the last meeting of the Katoomba Council was the question of appointing an expert to test the brakes on all locally owned motor cars. This important matter was brought up by Alderman Soper, and lie pointed out that some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exodus to Sydney Excursion Train Duplicated
On Thursday 250 passengers left Katoomba station by the excursion for Sydney, necessitating an extra "special" train being requisitioned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caught " Napping" in a Mountain Train Four of a Kind Beat a Pair Just a Friendly Penny Game
Saturday morning's train from Sydney to Mount Victoria. Jock--, a canny young Scots man, and William â a dinkum Aussie seated in a carriage. Enter four strangers, and a friendly game of nap is suggested…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident Car Strikes Motor Cycle Near Level Crossing
"I don't know. I suppose I was in the wrong," remarked John McGuckin, the driver of a motor car, when asked by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire! Garage and Three Motor Cars Totally Destroyed at Wentworth Falls Hotel
Three valuable motor ears, which had been garaged Sit a building at the rear of the Went-worth Falls Hotel, were totally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Bus Nearly Precipitated Over Govett's Leap : Menace to the Public Motor Car Driver Heavily Fixed for Being Drunk
"I hope you will take into consideration that it is my only means of livelihood," remarked Samuel Schumack, a motor…
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